Go ahead a make a page in the PdDefinitions section and add this stuff. That's what it's there for.
.hc On Sep 29, 2007, at 2:54 AM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: > > some help for writing your http://puredata.org/dev/ > PdDefinitions ... those are surely not the best wordings, but it > adds detail. > > comma (atom type): a comma character that is not backslashed, and > thus is effective as a message separator in a messagebox. > > semicolon (atom type): a semicolon character that is not > backslashed, and thus is effective as a message separator in any > context. if there was any implicit context (as in a messagebox), > semicolon forgets it, and thus you get to write an explicit > receiver after every semicolon. > > dollar (in general): a nonbackslashed dollar sign followed by one > or more digits. in an evaluation, this can be worth a float, symbol > or pointer, whatever the corresponding argument in the argument > list is. > > dollar (atom type): a dollar that is parsed individually; is > replaced by the corresponding atom upon evaluation. > > dollsym (atom type) (missing): in pd 0.39 and earlier: a dollar > (subtitutor) that is at the beginning of an atom, followed by > symbol characters. Upon substitution it becomes a symbol, as the > corresponding atom gets cast to characters and the symbols are > merged to make one resulting symbol. > > dollsym (atom type) (missing): in pd 0.40 and earlier: any > alternation of dollar (subtitutor) and normal symbol characters. > All those dollar substitutors get replaced by corresponding atoms > cast to characters and all the parts are merged to make one > resulting symbol. > > (The backslashing stuff may be important to understand if you > expect to modify or generate patches using [textfile] like some > people do; in general it's good for understanding the fileformat) > > Personally, I called "float" "symbol" "pointer" the stable atoms, > whereas I call "comma" "semi" "dollar" "dollsym" the radioactive > atoms, because they decay upon being used by messageboxes. the > radioactive atoms also only really stay alive inside of > messageboxes, so in general in pd you will only see functions/ > methods for handling stable atoms, not radioactive ones. > > I could've put this in the wiki directly, but wanted to make sure > it gets noticed (and also I'd like some feedback and to know what > you'd change in this). Are there any automatic notifications of > changes of wiki pages on puredata.info (as a configurable option, > per user) ? I mean by email, just like for sf's bug tracker. It > would be good to have this so that all parties involved in > modifying pages really know about what's going on. It gives the > advantages of mailing-lists to wikis. > > _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ... > | Mathieu Bouchard - tél:+1.514.383.3801, Montréal QC Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- All information should be free. - the hacker ethic _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
